The Ancient Oaks Foundation has been partnering with the Village of Lake Zurich on several habitat restoration projects around Lake Zurich and we want residents to know about this. We added a sign to each of these areas, directing folks to our website where they can get a bit more information.
Here’s the sign at the Community […]
We normally have habitat restoration work days on the first and third Saturdays of each month but in honor of Independence Day this Saturday, we will be taking the day off. Enjoy the red, white and blue items that can be found around Lake Zurich.
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This “thing” is about 4 feet long (you can see the water bottle just below it), is cast iron, rusted and HEAVY! It has what appear to be a trigger and sights. We found it last winter while clearing some brush at the Nature Park. Some have […]
If you drive over the the Community Services building at 505 Telser Road to make a permit application or other Village related activity, take note of the wetland that is right next to the parking lot. One year ago it was filled with the invasive Phragmites (common reed) and buckthorn. Over the fall/ winter the […]
Thanks for Boy Scout Jason Grzonka of Troop 964, the Oak Ridge Marsh Nature Park now has some new amenities- A new announcement board and handrails for bridge. Here they are in action:
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The conservation area at Breezewald Park on Old Rand Road, just north of Main Street in Lake zurich, has been cleared. We will be working this summer on replanting it with native floweers and grasses. What should it become? A prairie patch? Butterfly habitat? Give us your comments and suggestions!
Spring is such an active time in Lake Zurich’s woodlands and natural areas. At the Nature Park, the flowers are in full bloom.
Here’s Mary near a large stand of wild hyacinths. After this area was cleared of invasive buckthorn about 6 years […]
Lake Zurich resident Bob Warren sent in some awesome photos that he took of birds and waterfowl here in Lake Zurich. Some of these call Lake Zurich home; others are passing through on migration. We in Lake Zurich are blessed with lots of little ponds and wetlands that waterfowl can use for nesting, resting and eating.
14 birders attended the AOF sponsored “Birds and Breakfast” on May 2. The weather was wonderful and the birds were very cooperative. Stacey Iwanicki of the Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources led us through several bird habitats. We identified 25 different species from the stately sand hill crane to the tiny but energetic blue gray […]
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